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. 2023 Jan 4;13(2):190. doi: 10.3390/ani13020190

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effects of Spirulina treatments on inflammatory cells in the colonic mucosa of mink progeny. A Spirulina diet in progeny (group C), mothers (group B) or both (group A) worked to reduce the load of granulocytes (MPO), B-lymphocytes (PAX-5) and T-lymphocytes (CD3) in the colonic mucosa lamina propria in comparison to untreated controls (group D). Morphometric counts of immunohistochemically labeled inflammatory cells yielded statistically significant differences among experimental groups, as shown in the bar graphs. IHC: diaminobenzidine chromogen, hematoxylin counterstain. Scale bars: 50 μm. Numbers on the y-axes of bar graphs correspond to the means ± SEM of immune cell counts * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Letters of the x- axes correspond to the experimental groups (A, B, C, D).